Posted: Nov 03, 2017 3:41 pm
SpeedOfSound wrote:jamest wrote:I've been listening to many of Watts' ideas on youtube this year (I watched two sessions yesterday, as it happens). I'm no expert, but he's undoubtedly a theist of sorts, certainly a spiritual person. So, cease with that particular insanity (that he's an atheist).
Get me an exact quote from him and we will take a look at your 'theory'.
I am a 'spiritual person'. Trained by watts and I am a solid atheist. The two things are not mutually exclusive.
Well buddhists aren't really theists and he does refer a lot to Buddhism, so I can see how you might have reached that conclusion; though it does seem to me as though you've cherry-picked his ideas in orer to get there. I've seen quite a lot of the those youtube clips of his and he makes references to all of the religions, not least 'God'. Of course, it's not easy from memory to refer to exact moments of particular clips and provide exact statements to unhinge you, so for the moment I'll pass on your challenge.